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LUCKNOW: Arvind Kejriwal today found an unlikely supporter in Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav who claimed the AAP Chief will win the Delhi polls and BJP was worried about the party's popularity and making allegations on its funds. "BJP is worried because of the popularity of Arvind Kejriwal this is why (it is) making such allegations (on its funds). He (Kejriwal) will win Delhi elections," Samajwadi Party National General secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said here.

LUCKNOW: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah would be arriving on a day-long visit to Lucknow Monday, a party spokesman said. Shah is scheduled to drive straight from the Amausi airport in the city to the Ganna Sansthan auditorium, where he will review the progress of the party's membership drive in Uttar Pradesh. State BJP president Laxmikant Bajpayi, general secretary in-charge of the state Om Mathur, national membership drive in-charge and party vice-president Dinesh Sharma, general secretary (organisation)

PATNA: Brushing aside Congress protest, JD(U) today said it would extend support to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) in Delhi polls . "JD(U) will support Aam Admi Party of Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi," state JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh told reporters. When asked that Congress was protesting this, Singh said JD(U) had ties with the Congress in Bihar only and outside the state they were free to chart a different course. Meanwhile, JD(U) National General Secretary K C Tyagi said there was a proposal to extend support to AAP in Delhi, but a decision had not yet been taken.

LUCKNOW: Ruling Samajwadi Party MLA from Charkhari, Kaptan Singh Rajput , who was recently convicted in a 13-year-old murder case, has been disqualified from the membership of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. After receiving a letter from the Election Commission of India in this connection, the UP Legislative Assembly yesterday issued a notification, disqualifying Kaptan Singh from the membership of the House, principal secretary, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Pradip Dubey said.

BHOPAL: The Left, socialists and other like-minded political parties, who have joined hands and calling their front as 'Mahagatbhandhan' (grand alliance), today nominated common candidates for Mayor and corporators' polls to be held in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city on January 31. Communist Party of India (CPI) , CPI(M) , Samajwadi Party , Bahujan Sangarsh Dal , Janta Dal (U), Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP), Rashtriya Samanta Dal have united and are in one accord to fight the BJP and Congress in Jabalpur civic polls, state JD(U)

LUCKNOW: Polling is underway for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council biennial polls for 12 seats even as horse trading appears inevitable with key parties fielding extra candidates expecting cross voting by MLAs. "Polling started this morning at 9 AM and will continue till evening," Principal Secretary Vidhan Sabha Pradeep Dubey said. The state Assembly has 403 members and first preference votes of 31 MLAs would be needed to ensure victory of one candidate for the Upper House . The decision by ruling Samajwadi Party , BJP and BSP to field an extra candidate each has put pressure on all parties, not only to ensure victory of their nominees, but also to keep their flock of MLAs intact.

MATHURA: A local Samajwadi Party leader was shot at allegedly by three bike-borne miscreants on Nandgaon road in Chhata town in the district, police said today. The incident took place last evening when the victim Mahavir Singh Yaduvanshi , SP president of Chhata legislative area, was repairing his car at a motor garage on Nandgoan road, Circle Officer of Chhata Atul Kumar Srivastava said. Yaduvanshi is seriously injured and admitted to a private hospital in Agra, he said, adding, his condition is stated to be critical.

LUCKNOW: With barely two days left for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, the ruling Samajwadi Party today made all-out efforts to avoid poaching and organised lunch and dinner meetings to keep its flock of MLAs together. At a luncheon meeting, SP legislators were asked to remain present during voting on January 23 and ensure victory of all the eight party candidates, party sources said. "Our effort is to ensure that SP votes remain intact," a senior SP leader said.

LUCKNOW: Coming down heavily on RLD chief Ajit Singh, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said if RLD chief has "little sense" he will come to his party. "Chowdhury Charan Singh was a great personality. Don't ask me about his heir (Ajit Singh). If he has little sense, he would have come with SP," Yadav said while addressing party workers here. Yadav said Chowdhary Charan Singh favoured him the most and if he was here, Ajit Singh should have remained with him. "He is against Mulayam from the very first day and used to say 'Mulayam Hatao', but he himself has tasted defeat.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today termed Atal Bihari Vajpayee as "good prime minister" who accepted his demand for women's reservation but some of his own partymen did not let him work. "Atalji acche pradhanmanti the. Lekin unki hi party ke log kaam karne nahi dete the" (Atalji was a good PM, but his own party men did not let him work)," Yadav said while addressing party workers at SP headquarter here. Stating the SP was not against women reservation, Yadav said, "We are not against women reservation.